File 2 - Other articles by Michael Colgrass

2.5 cm of textual records (9 folders)

File consists of drafts, manuscripts, and clippings of various stand-alone articles written by Michael Colgrass for journals, magazines, and newspapers. Among them are "Wanted: Music for the Young" (written for New York Times, May 28, 1972); "Composer and the Public (Let the Public Decide)" (a failed article); "How to Help a Friend (and Yourself)" (for Jam Magazine, 1983-1984); "The Role of the Composer: Incident on 57th Street" (for the World Music Week Conference, Canada 1975); "Then I Stood on My Head" (for New York Times, May 28, 1972); "A Composer Who'll Try Anything - Once" (for New York Times, November 17, 1968); "Catch-22 for Composers: You need another job to support yourself"; "The Dreaming Room"; "Jazz: The Great Lessons to be Learned" (for Musicanada, Winter 1981); "Small Essay on my Early Percussion Music" (for Percussive Notes, August 1996); "Paul Price and the Development of Percussion in America" (for Percussive Notes, June 2004); "A Composer Talks Business" (for The Christian Science Monitor, February 11, 1985); "The Lion and Mrs. Camembert" (unpublished article about the composer and the public); "The Secret to Creativity: Think like a Kid" (for Adultita, October 2004); "Composers and Children: A Future Creative Force (Music Educators Journal, September 2004); and unfinished writings on "the situation of the composer" (1958-1960).

Note from Michael Colgrass on original envelope regarding "Let the Public Decide": "Article that never went anywhere—not well thought through. But interesting points are made and my attitude in the early 1960s is seen."

Note from Michael Colgrass on original envelope regarding unfinished writings on the situation of the composer: "These may have culminated in the unpublished article I wrote called 'The Lion and Mrs. Camembert' (trying to explain it all to myself."